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<td class="v">7:1</td>
<td>And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;</td>
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<td class="v">7:2</td>
<td>That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.</td>
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<td class="v">7:3</td>
<td>And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.</td>
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<td class="v">7:4</td>
<td>And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,</td>
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<td class="v">7:5</td>
<td>Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?</td>
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<td class="v">7:6</td>
<td>Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.</td>
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<td class="v">7:7</td>
<td>In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?</td>
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<td class="v">7:8</td>
<td>Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:</td>
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<td class="v">7:9</td>
<td>And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.</td>
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<td class="v">7:10</td>
<td>Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,</td>
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<td class="v">7:11</td>
<td>And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.</td>
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<td class="v">7:12</td>
<td>And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.</td>
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<td class="v">7:13</td>
<td>He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.</td>
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<td class="v">7:14</td>
<td>I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:</td>
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<td class="v">7:15</td>
<td>But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.</td>
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<td class="v">7:16</td>
<td>And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.</td>
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<td class="v">7:17</td>
<td>According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.</td>
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<td class="v">7:18</td>
<td>Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?</td>
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<td class="v">7:19</td>
<td>And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?</td>
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<td class="v">7:20</td>
<td>And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.</td>
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<td class="v">7:21</td>
<td>For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.</td>
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<td class="v">7:22</td>
<td>Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.</td>
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<td class="v">7:23</td>
<td>And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?</td>
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<td class="v">7:24</td>
<td>For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.</td>
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<td class="v">7:25</td>
<td>And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.</td>
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<td class="v">7:26</td>
<td>And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.</td>
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<td class="v">7:27</td>
<td>For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.</td>
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<td class="v">7:28</td>
<td>And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:</td>
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<td class="v">7:29</td>
<td>Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.</td>
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